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By: Tale of sacrificial goats « Irrationality Itches

Tale of sacrificial goats « Irrationality Itches — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:25:45 +0000

[...] Rai incident for one- where Ms Rai, a prominent Bollywood actress and former Miss World was made to marry a tree in order to cleanse herself of the curse (of being born under the influence of the planet Mars) [...]

By: jeff (theaishwaryarai.com)

jeff (theaishwaryarai.com) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:09:44 +0000

I wanted to marry for love, both Indians, we knew the usual objections- caste, creed, region( I am northie, he from South India)and then astrology… so we created mental checklists for the whole thing.. even looking at our “horoscopes- a piece of real bull crap if it was) online- they matched perfectly. SO then we announced our tying the knot details.

By: NC

NC — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:16:48 +0000

I wonder how much the writer knows about astrology or the science of stars or horoscopes or anything else? We call these things stupid without even seriously understanding them.
How intelligent is it to call something stupid without researching/learning about it? Isn’t then our so-called-intelligence stupid? Science itself requires us to follow a process to come to a conclusion.
What is the process you followed? Except just declaring yourself a know-all and then pointing fingers?

By: Allytude

Allytude — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:00:21 +0000

K and I wantedto marry for love, both Indians, we knew the usual objections- caste, creed, region( I am northie, he from South India)and then astrology… so we created mental checklists for the whole thing.. even looking at our “horoscopes- a piece of real bull crap if it was) online- they matched perfectly. SO then we announced our tying the knot details. His family were the objectors_ yes it is more about control. Anyhows, then there wer eno auspicious dates.. and the hilariious thing was that the date his side agreed on was actually inauspicious- but their priest was vouching for its auspiciousness. My mother was like, lets just tell them we agree to the date, no need to cross check… And we got married. On a classically “bad” day in the middle of the monsoon season….What struck me as completely ridiculous i this entire crap was that no one knew whatever the heck it was they were supposed to be looking at- even blind astrology has protocol which also they did not follow. Its merely a point of creating a fuss over nothing- and again an element of control.

By: Eswar

Eswar — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:18:45 +0000

Funny article.

Indians are funny. There is no proof or test for any of the things these astrologers say.

We Indians are weak minded people. We fall pray to all these non-sensical BS all the times. Indians believe in mystical things very easily.

If you dont believe in the things i am saying, just visit any Indian Matrimonial site and you will see that 95% of the people ask for horoscope verification.

Even if the prospective bride/groom are excellent in all respects, if the horoscopes do not match, they will be rejected. Finally they end up marrying someone even if they are not compatible as their horoscopes are compatible.

By: KC

KC — Wed, 30 May 2007 06:22:24 +0000

Have been an atheist since I was 12/13. I can understand your frustrations but get over the manglik stuff and get a life. You don’t have to get worked up about 99% of the world being stupid. Imagine if you get started on the rituals and ‘escape clauses’ for all the religious rules. Its actually very entertaining if you look at it from other perspectives. I would suggest you look at it from the ‘entertainment’ and ‘human folly’ perspective – I sometimes laugh till my stomach aches.

I live in Hyd, have my own IT firms and am getting married soon to a very devout Hindu (who knows I am an atheist BTW). I am just ignoring that she prays to ‘God’.

By: Shivani

Shivani — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:01:09 +0000

Loved your article and the comments were equally hilarious. Made me laugh till my sides hurt but you also bring up some really good points.

I knew manglik marrying a non manglik was considered a total no no but never knew they could get around it by marrying a tree. Lucky tree who got to marry Aishwarya Rai. LOL and what’s up with the lawyer who is sueing her?!!

My atheist Canadian born (hindu by birth) husband had a field day with this one!! Up until I told him that our stars did not exactly match and the priest told us not to marry me to him as his stars showed that he was a pervert (howling with laughter now) and how I had to convince my grandma to not tell my parents and let me marry him anyways… gotta love a bad boy

Those of you find this bizarre really need to read up more on India or better yet visit.

FriendlyAtheist – you got any more articles?!

By: Hrayan

Hrayan — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:10:44 +0000

Your whole article/blog was good…my only complaint is you last statement “This is why I probably won’t end up with an Indian girl.”

What makes you assume that all Indian girls are like this?. Hell, we know its a BIG country, and since when did celebrities (of ANY country) become a representative of their respective country’s ‘regular’ people?

Generalisation is as bad as following blind superstition….

By: ramakant

ramakant — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:42:58 +0000

as long as one eats adequate amounts of chicken, one is assured of a happy married life; cant comment on the others though…but one is happy anyways…

By: Indian Matrimonials

Indian Matrimonials — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:45:04 +0000

From time immemorial, Hindus have worshipped trees and have considered all flora and fauna as sacred. Trees, plants, leaves, flowers and fruit have an esteemed position in the religion and culture of India. So much so that no religious function especially Indian matrimonial is considered complete without the presence of at least one of the above. Leaves like the betel, banana, mango, Neem, tulsi, durva are intrinsically woven into the tapestry of Indian weddings. The betel leaf enjoys the pride of place among all the accessories of a Hindu wedding. The betel leaf denotes freshness and prosperity. Betel leaves or the tambool, which comprises betel leaf, arecanut and lime, marks the beginnings of all auspicious events. In Indian matrimonial, alliances are sealed by exchanging the tambool. Invitations for an Indian marriage are distributed with tambool forming an important part of the invite. The betel is associated with the Trinity, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Brahma: arecanut, Vishnu: betel leaf, and Shiva: lime.